August 25 / 16.38 Ballinrobe

16.38

Good

Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

  • Prize money: £5851.24
  • 2m 2f 60y
  • 9 runners
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Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle

Runners: 9 runners

Type: Hurdle Turf

Surface: Turf

Weather: Partly cloudy

Form: —

Last run: —

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Ninth foal; half-brother to four winners including Redclue, winner of five races over jumps; small stable better known for Flat winners in recent years.
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Verdict Starting price

8

15th Jun 2026

Yielding To Soft

3m 0f 100y

18:42 Kilbeggan

Blinding Light

10st 13lb

J: Mike O’Connor

T: Philip M Byrne

Tailed off in four starts in maiden hurdles; big step up in trip on handicap debut.

18/1

11th

6

26th May 2026

Good

2m 0f 13y

18:30 Ballinrobe

Blinding Light

11st 4lb

J: Gavin Brouder

T: Philip M Byrne

Tailed off in three maiden hurdles last year; hard to make a case for.

100/1

Form: 236-42

Last run: 20 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: 106

Form & Verdict
Second in a point in January and twice runner-up in maiden hurdles, including a promising first effort in an 18-runner 2m contest at Leopardstown in March; beaten favourite on next two starts; more like it over a longer trip at Gowran last time; plenty of things went wrong (interference, mistake, hung), so his performance can be upgraded.
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8th

13

18th Sep 2026

Good

2m 7f 110y

17:02 Downpatrick

Following Orders

10st 8lb

J: Shane O’Callaghan

T: P J Rothwell

Maiden is 0-4 over fences and has failed to complete three of his six starts in 2026; beaten 25l in Kilbeggan handicap hurdle on latest; hard to make a case.

33/1

11th

10

3rd Sep 2026

Good

2m 3f 0y

18:18 Kilbeggan

Following Orders

11st 2lb

J: Darragh O’Keeffe

T: P J Rothwell

Has been running over fences lately, mostly poorly and fell last time at Wexford; has a chance if back to best maiden hurdle runs of last year; trainer/jockey combination have a good strike-rate.

16/1

Form: 80

Last run: 76 days

W: 11st 12lb

5 yo Gelding

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Showed little in two point-to-points, likewise in maiden hurdle outings here and Sligo.
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3rd

13

4th Oct 2026

Good

2m 6f 180y

15:20 Killarney

Mane Attraction

10st 10lb

J: Phillip Enright

T: Norman Lee

Off the track for over a year; weak overall form in points and maiden hurdles; mid-division in a 2m Galway event on only handicap attempt.

20/1

22

8th Sep 2025

Yielding To Soft

2m 0f 160y

16:20 Galway

Mane Attraction

10st 0lb

T: Norman Lee

Hard to take any encouragement from his form in points and maiden hurdles; second reserve.

4

25th Aug 2025

Good

2m 2f 60y

16:38 Ballinrobe

Mane Attraction

11st 12lb

J: Benjamin P Kennedy

T: Norman Lee

Showed little in two point-to-points, likewise in maiden hurdle outings here and Sligo.

25/1

Form: 7P-7

Last run: 16 days

W: 11st 12lb

8 yo Gelding

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Tailed off at Kilbeggan on stable debut; showed next to nothing for his previous trainer.
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9

30th May 2026

Good

2m 4f 80y

15:51 Listowel

Mr Eastwood

11st 4lb

J: Liam Quinlan

T: Ray Hackett

Has shown some ability in maiden hurdles but poor efforts in two chases and on handicap hurdle debut at Limerick (2m5f, heavy); cheekpieces go on but others more likely.

33/1

3

18th Nov 2025

Heavy

2m 5f 0y

14:35 Limerick

Mr Eastwood

11st 9lb

J: Liam Quinlan

T: Ray Hackett

Poor in two chases lately but has shown a hint of ability in four maiden hurdles; can do better in this company with blinkers added.

22/1

Form: 652

Last run: 21 days

W: 11st 12lb

6 yo Gelding

OR: 107

Form & Verdict
Showed some promise over longer distances on his first two starts; better effort when dropped to roughly this trip at Cork three weeks ago, stayed on after a mistake at the last to finish 2l second to an odds-on favourite.
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6

25th Sep 2026

Good

2m 2f 125y

14:15 Listowel

Tippawan Haa

11st 8lb

J: Elizabeth Gale

T: Terence O’Brien

Runner-up in Cork maiden over this trip last summer (good) but two runs since well below that level, reportedly burst a blood vessel first occasion; absent since April and tongue-tie tried on handicap debut.

16/1

10th

11

18th Apr 2026

Yielding

2m 1f 30y

14:40 Bellewstown

Tippawan Haa

11st 4lb

J: John Shinnick

T: Terence O’Brien

Showed some promise over further before dropping in trip and posting his best effort at Cork in August when second (2m3f, good); reported to have burst a blood vessel when well beaten at Ballinrobe later that month (2m3f, good); contender if ready and strength in the market would be interesting.

12/1

Form: —

Last run: —

W: 11st 5lb

5 yo Mare

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Seventh foal; half-sister to three winners for this stable Ferdia (hurdle/chase), Bonarc (hurdle), Presenting Bonnie (2m-2m3f hurdle/chase) and to a Cormac Doyle-trained point winner Borna Gem.
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Time + Course Horse + Weight
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Verdict Starting price

10th

14

1st Oct 2026

Good

2m 6f 170y

17:17 Clonmel

Bangor Lady

10st 2lb

J: Peter Smithers

T: John Patrick Ryan

Well beaten in all eight starts, including in three handicaps; hard to make a case for her.

50/1

8th

16

24th Jul 2026

Good

2m 2f 200y

18:11 Kilbeggan

Bangor Lady

10st 5lb

J: Joshua Halford

T: John Patrick Ryan

Well beaten in three runs this season, two of them in handicaps; hard to make a case for.

40/1

Form: 7/

Last run: 693 days

W: 11st 5lb

7 yo Mare

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Completely tailed off in a Fairyhouse bumper in October 2023 and has been absent since; can be ruled out.
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8th

10

2nd Oct 2025

Good

2m 4f 35y

14:50 Clonmel

Hercrazysbeautiful

11st 5lb

J: Philip Donovan

T: James Andrew Fahey

Has been poor in a bumper and two maiden hurdles so can't be fancied.

66/1

12

20th Sep 2025

Yielding

2m 3f 0y

14:35 Navan

Hercrazysbeautiful

11st 5lb

J: Philip Donovan

T: James Andrew Fahey

Tailed off in a bumper in 2023; did not run last year; ran very green according to her rider when pulled up on hurdling debut at Ballinrobe last month.

33/1

Form: 5/P36-

Last run: 220 days

W: 11st 5lb

7 yo Mare

OR: —

Form & Verdict
Best of five bumper runs when third of 12 at Limerick last Christmas, off since January; tongue-tie fitted for hurdling debut.
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9

25th Aug 2025

Good

2m 2f 60y

16:38 Ballinrobe

So Far Away

11st 5lb

J: Niall Moore

T: John M Burke

Best of five bumper runs when third of 12 at Limerick last Christmas, off since January; tongue-tie fitted for hurdling debut.

10/1

Form: 29-42U

Last run: 49 days

W: 11st 2lb

4 yo Filly

OR: 103

Form & Verdict
Second to subsequent Flat winner Tassarolo in a maiden hurdle at Clonmel in June; held the lead when unseating two out at Roscommon, set to finish in front of recent Sligo winner Glitz And Glamour; chance underlined by her second to the in-form Steps In The Sand (completed a hat-trick at Galway) in a 1m5f handicap here five weeks ago.
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Verdict Starting price

12th

22

(19)

27th Sep 2026

Good To Yielding

1m 2f 0y

17:30 Curragh

Bhean Saibhre

10st 9lb

J: Mr L P Shanahan

T: Aidan Anthony Howard

Was gaining a second win over hurdles when landing 2m3f Kilbeggan handicap last month (good); 0-11 on the Flat, although some decent efforts in the spring, albeit on softer ground; cheekpieces added here and not one to dismiss as clearly in good heart.

12/1

6th

7

(4)

25th Sep 2026

Standard

1m 4f 0y

20:30 Dundalk (AW)

Bhean Saibhre

9st 6lb

J: Jack Cleary

T: Aidan Anthony Howard

Dual hurdles winner and has placed Flat form on turf; likes an ease, so first time on Polytrack is a query, but she's been handling better ground lately over jumps.

15/2

1st

5

21st Aug 2026

Good

2m 2f 200y

18:05 Kilbeggan

Bhean Saibhre

11st 7lb

J: Peter Smithers

T: Aidan Anthony Howard

Won a Ballinrobe maiden hurdle by 16l last summer (2m3f, good); put some underwhelming efforts behind her back at the scene of her win last time when a 3.75l runner-up (2m2f, good); can be hit or miss and up 2lb.

12/1

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Payout
Exacta €6.00
Straight Forecast €6.53
Trifecta €134.30

Selections

SPOTLIGHT:

Bhean Saibhre

The Irish Sun:

Tippawan Haa

POSTDATA:

Following Orders

RP RATINGS (IRE):

Bhean Saibhre

TOPSPEED:

Bhean Saibhre